“I’m doomed.”

//The Courses/ /
(1) Computer Programing & Simulation – The lectures were  quite a challenge to follow. Just like most courses with many students and… ‘bad’ microphones. I love the lab classes because that’s the only time where we can ask the lecturer personally about programming-related problems. This is the only group assignment that I was okay with. Kind of.

Initially I planned that I’ll do the program, and the other two will do the paperwork… then I had problems with the program & also because everyone was busy with other assignments, one of my group members suggested that we erm… ‘re-use’ a senior’s (from other school/faculty) program. I was okay with it at first but you know when something you do is associated with the phrase “Everyone’s doing it”, you know it’s not always a good thing.

Last minute, I realize what I did wrong and revived our program. I was relieved that my group members were okay with starting from scratch (she was near to sending the “re-used” one). We spent almost a whole day at the library “Maybe you should try this code”, “I think we should say it this way…”, “What about this?” – I mean we really worked as team! (not really the best but close enough). It was a really simple program, but we did it together. That’s what matters most.. especially after I did my (individual) ethics assignment about “Plagiarism”.

(2) Digital Systems – This is my second favourite course. The lecturer was really direct and easy to understand. She made sure that we understood enough before going to the next chapter. I actually admire her from the first day we met her. I mean… isn’t it impressive to have a female lecturer who knows a lot about computers? She talked about games with the guys. I always have seen her as “Not just a pretty face” type. She’s really cool. I hope she’s going to teach us again next semester.

(3) Economic Statistics – We had two lecturers for this course. I like the second one better. Statistics isn’t really one of things I’m good at so I don’t have much to talk about the course.

“I love Maths! *lame!*”

//The Course// Maths I is my favourite course. Naturally. It’s the only course where even though I didn’t pay full attention (sleepy) I still can get it. Actually, it’s Pure Maths again with some advanced stuff. I like the lecturer too, she’s direct and her lectures were easy to understand. Unfortunately, I seldom do my revision and math exercise…

//Exam// It wasn’t bad but it’s not smooth-sailing either. I panicked when I could only remember half of a formula… Anyway. I missed one question because not enough time (but I didn’t know how to answer anyway. haha).

“Thank you for not noticing me. =)”

//The Course// I actually like this course… and I intend to continue studying it in the future. The lecturer emphasised two-way interactions and discussions in the class so he always lectured for like 30 mins only. The rest of class was a session of talking and hearing other people talking.

//Exam// The questions were quite easy. I said it’s easy because there  were many questions with obvious answers. It could’ve been easier if I read all the lecturer’s notes. Oh, well… At least I think I got half of questions correct.

Because it was an hour paper (one can only hand in early after 30 min the exam started & cannot hand in 15 min before it ends), the lecturer won’t let us out early… =| That one-hour was like 2 hours…

~Islam and Asian Civilization

“Oh, crap!” 

//The Course// Not gonna lie… the lecturer was more boring than the subject itself. I don’t know how the lecturer managed to read out from the powerpoint slides so monotonously every week! It was torturous. I kept fighting back my sleep. Then one day, I decided to listen to my MP3 player (with low volume) while the lecturer was lecturing in the front. Okay, I know that’s not the best practice while in class but… it did kept me awake & more focused till the end of the class. I heard there’s other lecturers who were more interesting in their teaching approach… Hmm. I didn’t bother switching course (lecturer) because the timetable was right for me. I didn’t want another night class.

//Exam// Bad. Terrible. (I don’t feel like talking about this.)

Goodbye, TITAS. Hopefully I won’t have to see you again.

“Oh La La?”

//The Course// Art Appreciation… It was a fun course. I like the lecturer even though she started class three weeks late. She delivered ‘fast’ lectures. In our first class, she finished all three topics that should be covered earlier in 2 hours (or less. I don’t remember).  Wow. Anyway. What I remember most for this course is the group presentations. Lots of them (the lecturer said our class had the most students compared to other “Art Appreciation” classes). I think half of the classes conducted were all presentations only. Some of the topics presented were interesting (How to take photo/photographing techniques) & nice (Hong Kong movies – horror, martial art, comedy…), mostly boring & too wordy (their powerpoint slides). Then there’s that group performance. Yeah. It’s quite easy (the appreciating part) and fun (no wonder there’s so many 2nd year engineering students took this).

//Exam// It was an MCQ exam. The questions were okay. If I had read my notes (which of course I didn’t) carefully, I should have been able to answer it better than today. The lecture notes were not that easy to find… so I guess that’s why after 30 minutes or so, people started handing in their question papers and answer sheets. Wow. By the time I hand in mine, half of the hall was empty. Whether they were too smart to be able to answer in a short span of time or just clueless of what to answer, I don’t know…

~English for Research Purposes.

“Bye bye Grade A and Grade B…” 

I would be content with a solid C. I don’t want to retake this course.

//The Course// It’s on Monday nights. Initially I was like oh-man-bleh-urghh when I realised I only have this class – no other suitable choice – left. I didn’t want to go to class on a day I get Monday Blues. But, I took it anyway because I want to take the foreign language class next semester. I do realise the course could help me later in my future project paper/term paper/dissertation/thesis on higher level – that’s why this was my second choice (1st choice : “Grammar in Context”.)

I still don’t know how many students were in my class, never bothered to count but we pretty much get along. Someone asked the lecturer something, we listened. Someone made a joke, we laughed. It’s that kind of class. I think we were the laziest class my lecturer had ever taught. She kind of implied it that way & I don’t blame her.

*sigh* What can you expect? I think everyone was always in Monday Blues mode during class. We were sleepy. We were tired. We couldn’t wait to get back and sleep like a log. Okay. Maybe some of them want to get back and study, I don’t know. I actually like the class because there’s only a few of us and it’s English language-related. I had always enjoyed English language lessons during my primary and secondary school days.

//Exam// This was one of few courses that I aimed to get A or A-. Or B+. But after taking the exam yesterday, all I want to say is “I want a C.” Oh, gosh. Oh, shoot. Oh, my. In the official time-table, it’s supposed to be a 3-hour paper but (alas!) they announced before the exam, it’s actually 2 hours!

The questions were hard!!! Challenging. Took some time to understand the journal article used in the question (I think it’s related to psychology field or sub-field….).

I panicked when I had less than an hour left. I didn’t finish question 2 yet. Question 3 was time-consuming like Q2. I didn’t bother reading the article (excerpt, not full text) again. Jumped to the real questions straight away. I wasn’t even sure if I read & answered them right.

C. C. I want a C.